An explosion at the "Kristall" factory in Dzerzhinsk has caused signifigant damage and injured at least 79 peopleMOSCOW - A blast at a major explosives plant in central Russia Saturday injured 79 people and damaged nearly 200 buildings nearby, local officials told Russian news agencies. The explosion happened at the "Kristall" factory in Dzerzhinsk about 400 kilometres (250 miles) east of Moscow, in the Nizhny Novgorod region. "According to the latest information, 79 people asked for medical help after the explosion at Kristall: 38 factory workers and 41 residents of the city. Representatives of Kristall told Interfax that five people were working in the area where the explosion occurred and were safely evacuated. "There was a explosion in one of the workshops, followed by a fire of around 100 square meters," a spokesman of the local emergency ministry told news agencies.

Source: Bangkok Post June 01, 2019 16:41 UTC